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Where does “-tta” come from?

-tta (Finnish) comes from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

-tta (Finnish): without; A suffix for the partitive singular

Definitions

  1. without; A suffix for the partitive singular

Ancestry of “-tta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
2Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
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